List of musical events
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This page indexes the individual year in music pages. See also Timeline of trends in music.
2000s - 1990s - 1980s - 1970s - 1960s - 1950s - 1940s - 1930s - 1920s - 1910s - 1900s - 1890s - 1880s - 1870s - 1860s - 1850s - 1840s - 1830s - 1820s - 1810s - 1800s - 1790s - 1780s - 1770s - 1760s - 1750s - 1740s - 1730s - 1720s - 1710s - 1700s - 1690s - 1680s - 1670s - 1660s - 1650s - 1640s - 1630s - 1620s - 1610s - 1600s - 1590s - 1580s - 1570s - Early history
[edit] 2000s
- 2007 in music
- 2006 in music, 2006 in British music, 2006 in Swiss music
- 2005 in music, 2005 in British music, 2005 in Swiss music - Live 8 benefit concert
- 2004 in music, 2004 in British music - Death of Ray Charles
- 2003 in music, 2003 in British music
- 2002 in music, 2002 in British music
- 2001 in music, 2001 in British music - Napster's popularity peaks; iPod goes on sale
- 2000 in music, 2000 in British music
[edit] 1990s
- 1999 in music, 1999 in British music
- 1998 in music, 1998 in British music - Death of Frank Sinatra
- 1997 in music, 1997 in British music - Death of Jeff Buckley
- 1996 in music, 1996 in British music - Death of Tupac Shakur
- 1995 in music, 1995 in British music
- 1994 in music, 1994 in British music - Death of Kurt Cobain
- 1993 in music, 1993 in British music
- 1992 in music, 1992 in British music
- 1991 in music, 1991 in British music - Nirvana releases Nevermind, Freddie Mercury dies
- 1990 in music, 1990 in British music
[edit] 1980s
- 1989 in music, 1989 in British music
- 1988 in music
- 1987 in music
- 1986 in music
- 1985 in music - Live Aid and Farm Aid benefit concerts
- 1984 in music - release of Bob Marley & The Wailers collection Legend, the best-selling reggae album of all time
- 1983 in music - New Order release Blue Monday
- 1982 in music - The compact disc is introduced; Michael Jackson releases Thriller, the best-selling album of all time
- 1981 in music - MTV first airs; Death of Bob Marley
- 1980 in music - John Lennon is murdered outside the Dakota Building in New York City
[edit] 1970s
- 1979 in music - Sony Walkman goes on sale
- 1978 in music
- 1977 in music - The Sex Pistols release Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols; Death of Elvis Presley
- 1976 in music
- 1975 in music
- 1974 in music - First Disco #1 hit: Hues Corporation, Rock The Boat
- 1973 in music - Pink Floyd release The Dark Side of the Moon
- 1972 in music - The Concert for Bangla Desh held in New York City
- 1971 in music - Led Zeppelin IV () released
- 1970 in music - The Beatles disband; Death of Jimi Hendrix
[edit] 1960s
- 1969 in music - Woodstock music festival held in Bethel, New York; The Beatles release Abbey Road
- 1968 in music - Apple Records created by The Beatles; Crosby Stills Nash & Young release Deja Vu
- 1967 in music - The Beatles release Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
- 1966 in music - The Beach Boys release Pet Sounds; The Beatles release Revolver; The Rolling Stones release Aftermath (album)
- 1965 in music
- 1964 in music - Milton Babbitt, Ensembles For Synthesizer; Bill Lear invents 8-track tape cartridge
- 1963 in music - First cassette tapes made by Philips
- 1962 in music
- 1961 in music
- 1960 in music
[edit] 1950s
- 1959 in music - Motown Records created; Motown's first hit (Barrett Strong's "Money (That's What I Want)")
- 1958 in music
- 1957 in music - John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet in Liverpool
- 1956 in music - The first Eurovision Song Contest is held on 24 May
- 1955 in music - Rock Around The Clock becomes first worldwide #1 Rock and Roll record
- 1954 in music - Elvis Presley releases That's Alright Mama on Sun Records; First Fender Stratocaster produced
- 1953 in music
- 1952 in music, 1952 in music (UK) - The official UK singles chart is launched; Recording Industry Association of America (or RIAA) established
- 1951 in music - Rocket 88 is recorded by Ike Turner and hailed as the first rock 'n' roll song
- 1950 in music
[edit] 1940s
- 1949 in music - RCA Victor introduces 45 RPM records
- 1948 in music - Columbia Records introduces 331/3 RPM (LP) records
- 1947 in music
- 1946 in music
- 1945 in music - Birth of Bob Marley
- 1944 in music
- 1943 in music
- 1942 in music - Births of Jimi Hendrix, Paul McCartney
- 1941 in music - Les Paul builds one of the first solid-body electric guitars; Birth of Bob Dylan
- 1940 in music - Birth of John Lennon
[edit] 1930s
- 1939 in music
- 1938 in music - Benny Goodman presents a jazz concert in Carnegie Hall; Death of Dan W. Quinn
- 1937 in music
- 1936 in music - Billboard Magazine publishes first U.S. music chart
- 1935 in music - Birth of Elvis Presley; Audiovox produce first electric bass guitar
- 1934 in music - Deaths of Elgar and Holst
- 1933 in music
- 1932 in music - Death of Sousa; Birth of John Williams; Adolph Rickenbacker produces first electric guitar; Bell Labs creates first stereophonic sound recordings
- 1931 in music
- 1930 in music - Birth of Ray Charles
[edit] 1920s
- 1929 in music
- 1928 in music
- 1927 in music
- 1926 in music - Birth of Chuck Berry
- 1925 in music - Big record labels begin using electric microphones for recording; 78 RPM adopted as standard for records; BBC makes first radio broadcast in stereo
- 1924 in music - Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue premieres in New York
- 1923 in music
- 1922 in music - The first commercial radio station in the United States begins broadcasting
- 1921 in music
- 1920 in music
[edit] 1910s
- 1919 in music
- 1918 in music - Phonograph cylinders become obsolete
- 1917 in music
- 1916 in music
- 1915 in music - Tom Brown starts billing his group as a "Jass Band"; Birth of Frank Sinatra
- 1914 in music - First calypso music recordings
- 1913 in music - Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring is premiered in Paris.
- 1912 in music - Birth of Woody Guthrie
- 1911 in music
- 1910 in music
[edit] 1900s
- 1909 in music
- 1908 in music
- 1907 in music
- 1906 in music - Victor begins selling the Victrola phonograph player for $15.00
- 1905 in music
- 1904 in music
- 1903 in music
- 1902 in music
- 1901 in music
- 1900 in music
[edit] 1890s
- 1899 in music
- 1898 in music
- 1897 in music - Ragtime music becomes popular in the United States; Death of Brahms
- 1896 in music
- 1895 in music - George Washington Johnson becomes first Afro-American recording artist with The Laughing Song
- 1894 in music
- 1893 in music
- 1892 in music - Dan W. Quinn makes first recordings in New York City
- 1891 in music
- 1890 in music - John Philip Sousa makes first recordings with Columbia Phonograph Company
[edit] 1880s
- 1889 in music - Effie Stewart records first serious classical music at Edison's Menlo Park; First Phonograph Parlor opens in San Francisco
- 1888 in music - Wax phonograph cylinders commercially marketed; Emile Berliner invents lateral-cut disc records
- 1887 in music
- 1886 in music
- 1885 in music
- 1884 in music
- 1883 in music
- 1882 in music
- 1881 in music
- 1880 in music
[edit] 1870s
- 1879 in music
- 1878 in music
- 1877 in music - Phonograph and phonograph cylinder invented by Thomas Alva Edison
- 1876 in music
- 1875 in music
- 1874 in music
- 1873 in music
- 1872 in music
- 1871 in music
- 1870 in music
[edit] 1860s
- 1869 in music
- 1868 in music
- 1867 in music
- 1866 in music
- 1865 in music
- 1864 in music
- 1863 in music
- 1862 in music
- 1861 in music
- 1860 in music
[edit] 1850s
- 1859 in music
- 1858 in music
- 1857 in music
- 1856 in music
- 1855 in music
- 1854 in music
- 1853 in music
- 1852 in music
- 1851 in music
- 1850 in music
[edit] 1840s
- 1849 in music
- 1848 in music
- 1847 in music
- 1846 in music - Adolphe Sax invents the saxophone
- 1845 in music
- 1844 in music
- 1843 in music - Minstrel show premieres in United States
- 1842 in music
- 1841 in music
- 1840 in music
[edit] 1830s
- 1839 in music
- 1838 in music
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- 1830 in music
[edit] 1820s
- 1829 in music
- 1828 in music
- 1827 in music
- 1826 in music
- 1825 in music
- 1824 in music - Beethoven's 9th Symphony
- 1823 in music
- 1822 in music
- 1821 in music
- 1820 in music
[edit] 1810s
- 1819 in music
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[edit] 1800s
- 1809 in music - Joseph Haydn dies
- 1808 in music - Beethoven's 5th Symphony
- 1807 in music - La Vestale by Gaspare Spontini
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- 1805 in music - Fidelio
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- 1801 in music - Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata
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[edit] 1790s
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- 1791 in music - Mozart's Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
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[edit] 1780s
- 1789 in music - Mozart's Così fan tutte
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- 1787 in music - Mozart's Don Giovanni
- 1786 in music - Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro (The marriage of Figaro)
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- 1770 in music - Ludwig van Beethoven born
[edit] 1760s
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[edit] 1750s
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- 1756 in music - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born
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- 1750 in music - Johann Sebastian Bach dies
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- 1732 in music - Joseph Haydn born
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[edit] 1700s
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- 1706 in music - Johann Pachelbel dies
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[edit] 1690s
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- 1695 in music - Henry Purcell dies
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[edit] 1680s
- 1689 in music - Dido and Aeneas, opera, by Henry Purcell and Nahum Tate performed (libretto)
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- 1685 in music - Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frederick Handel born
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[edit] 1650s
- 1659 in music - Henry Purcell born
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- 1653 in music - Arcangelo Corelli, Johann Pachelbel born
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[edit] 1600s
- 1609 in music -
- 1608 in music - "Arianna" by Claudio Monteverdi
- 1607 in music - "La Favola D'Orfeo" by Claudio Monteverdi
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- 1600 in music - the first oratorio: Rappresentatione di Anima, et di Corpo by Emilio de' Cavalieri
[edit] 1590s
- 1599 in music -
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- 1597 in music - John Dowland's First Book of Lute Songs; Dafne, the first known opera
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[edit] 1580s
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[edit] Early history
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